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3615236940virusa small infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of other organisms0
3615238854lytic cycleresults in the destruction of the infected cell and its membrane and replication occurs separately1
3615240429capsideouter protein coat of a virus2
3615240430envelopethe inner cell membrane and the cell wall of a bacterium3
3615242154lysogenic cycleIntegration of the bacteriophage nucleic acid into the host bacterium's genome4
3615249638vaccinea biological preparation that provides active acquired immunity to a particular disease5
3615365222bacteriaa prokaryotic microorganism that are typically a few micrometers in length and have various shapes6
3615380051microorganisma microscopic living organism which may be single celled or multicellular7
3615386462protistlarge diverse group of eukaryotes, mainly unicellular, that don't form tissues8
3615406519antibiotic resistencewhen an infectious organism is not killed by a drug designed to eliminate it9

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